Category Archives: Possession

Episode 187 – Smile 2

October 27, 2024Body Horror, New Release, Possession, Sequel, Theatrical ReleaseAll That Jazz, Apocalypse Trilogy, Black Swan, Cat’s Eye, Firestarter (1984), In the Mouth of Madness, Naomi Scott, Parker Finn, Peter Jacobson, Prince of Darkness, Ray Nicholson, The Thing (1982), Vox Luxshockdoctors

Bigger and dumber than its predecessor, Smile 2 trudges through an interminable series of foregone conclusions while screaming its themes at the audience as loudly as possible.

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Episode 179 – The Exorcism (2024)

August 4, 2024Exorcism, New Release, Possession, Theatrical ReleaseAdam Goldberg, Berberian Sound Studio, David Hyde Pierce, Inland Empire, Jason Miller, Joshua John Miller, Russell Crowe, Ryan Simpkins, Sam Worthington, The Exorcist, The Pope’s Exorcistshockdoctors

Given the background of the material and the people involved, The Exorcism qualifies as a serious disappointment. Turgid, incoherent, and riddled with cliches, this film should have stayed on the shelf.

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Episode 160 – The Exorcist: Believer

November 5, 2023Exorcism, New Release, Possession, Sequel, Theatrical ReleaseBathtub Wife, Black Ichor, David Gordon Green, Don’t Deliver Us From Evil, Ellen Burstyn, Heavenly Creatures, Leslie Odom Jr., Linda Blair, Prisoners (2013)shockdoctors

David Gordon Green’s latest attempt at a legacy sequel to a landmark horror film has more in common with The Exorcist’s legion of shoddy imitators than it does with the source material itself.

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Episode 158 – The Nun II

October 1, 2023Exorcism, New Release, Period Piece, Possession, Sequel, The Conjuring Universe, Theatrical ReleaseBonnie Aarons, James Wan, Jonas Bloquet, Michael Chaves, Taissa Farmiga, The Church (1989)shockdoctors

Apologies for the unannounced hiatus, but we’re back with a throwback to our second episode all-time. The Nun may not have been good, but this sequel is just… boring. It doesn’t help that it’s drowning in disposable tertiary antagonists, either.

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Episode 156 – Talk to Me

August 6, 2023Cursed Object Movie, New Release, Possession, Theatrical ReleaseDanny Philippou, Flatliners, Michael Philippou, Pulse, RackaRacka, Sophie Wilde, The Exorcist, The Stone Tape, Wake in Fright, We’re All Going to the World’s Fairshockdoctors

Despite being well-made and periodically effective, Danny and Michael Philippou’s film left us cold. We wouldn’t mind seeing the hand come back, though.

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Episode 133 – Prey for the Devil

November 13, 2022New Release, Possession, Theatrical ReleaseAntichrist, Are We Not Cats, Christian Navarro, Colin Salmon, Daniel Stamm, exorcism, Jacqueline Byers, Legion, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Last Exorcism, The Wailing, Virginia Madsenshockdoctors

Prey for the Devil is a movie that is impossible to care about, a worse-than-average exorcism film in a subgenre where “average” is a pretty low bar to clear.

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Episode 104 – Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

November 28, 2021Found Footage, New Release, Possession, Sequel, VOD ReleaseGoat Hole, Left 4 Dead, Paranormal Activity, The Blair Witch Project, The Dirties, The Last Broadcast, The Visit, The White Ribbon, V/H/S, V/H/S 2, William Eubankshockdoctors

This sequel mostly dispenses with the series’ customary bag of tricks and replaces them with… well, nothing really.

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Episode 86 – The Unholy

June 2, 2021New Release, Possession, Theatrical ReleaseArchbishop Wahlberg, Cary Elwes, Demons, exorcism, In the Mouth of Madness, Jeffrey Dead Morgan, Katie Aselton, The Night Flier, Twixt, William Sadlershockdoctors

Holy Mary Mutherra Gawd, pray foah us sinnahs, until we can be freed from this misbegotten religious horror flick.

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Episode 82 – Willy’s Wonderland

May 2, 2021Horror Comedy, New Release, Possession, VOD ReleaseBob and Kathy, Chuck-E-Cheese, Drive Angry, Five Nights at Freddy's, Mandy, Nicolas Cage, Westworldshockdoctors

Those hoping for dose of vintage Cage Rage from this Five Nights at Freddy’s knockoff will be sorely disappointed. In Matt’s words, “Cage spent too much of the movie faffing about, or should I say, FNAFing about.”

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Episode 81 – Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum

April 25, 2021Foreign Film, Found Footage, PossessionAwful ASMR Mouth Sounds, Grave Encounters, Marble Hornets, Noroi: The Curse, Session 9, The Last Exorcismshockdoctors

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum is another eerily effective entry in the venerable traditions of K-horror and “old haunted building movies,” as well as the not-so-venerable tradition of found footage films.

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